Selbstbearbeitung

English translation: self-development

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Against the philosopher's view of the cinema -- that is, the standpoint of the 'cinephile' -- as a 'tool for self-development' ('Selbstbearbeitung') to revive his lost faculties of perception and of love, is opposed the view of the 'cineaste', who takes the love present in the cinema for granted, and delegates to it everything which he cannot identify:

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Against the philosopher's view of the cinema -- that is, the standpoint of the 'cinephile' -- as a 'tool for self-development' ('Selbstbearbeitung') to revive his lost faculties of perception and of love, is opposed the view of the 'cineaste', who takes the love present in the cinema for granted, and delegates to it everything which he cannot identify:

Explanation:... or self-treatment / self-arrangement is my first shot at it, although it should probably be more specific. It´s a pity you can´t provide any context, but the link below might help us out a little. It states that "selbstbearbeitung" is a task that the societal subject has to undergo after being deprived of its re-assuring metaphysics within the secular process. This much I can say although the term still remains unclear